Nikolai Kovalev took a fencing bronze for Russia in the men's individual saber on Sunday, beating Romania's Rares Dumitrescu in the third place match.
Kovalev raced to a 4-0 lead and held on to his advantage all the way to sealing a 15-10 win.
Both fencers had earlier survived an afternoon session that saw many of the world's highest-ranked fencers suffer embarrassing early exits.
